Kom Ombo Sebil (Pleistocene of Egypt)

Also known as ETE Locality 711, Kom Ombo Sebil,

Where: Egypt (24.8° N, 33.0° E: paleocoordinates 24.7° N, 32.9° E)

When: Gabal Silsila Formation, Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• ETE dating method: absolute, ETE age comment: 6615000-10500 BC; age based on dates for the Gabal Silsila Formation radiometric intage_max, radiometric intage_min

Environment/lithology: siltstone

• ETE sed env 1: fluvial, ETE sed env 2: ab_chan_fill ETE event: ., ETE env comment: abandoned Nile Channels
• ETE rock type adj: 0, ETE lithology comments: Nile silts and sands

Collection methods: quarrying

• ETE Size: both; ETE reference list: 483, 479, 478, 477, ; ETE museum list:

Primary reference: C. S. Churcher. 1974. Relationships of the Late Pleistocene Vertebrate Fauna from Kom Ombo, Upper Egypt. Annals of the Geological Survey of Egypt 4:363-384 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Kosnik]more details

PaleoDB collection 21892: authorized by Anna Behrensmeyer, entered by Anna Behrensmeyer on 19.05.1997, edited by John Damuth and Richard Potts

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equus asinus Linnaeus 1758 donkey
 Artiodactyla - Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus amphibius Linnaeus 1758 hippo
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Gazella dorcas Linnaeus 1758 Dorcas gazelle
Bos taurus Linnaeus 1758 cow
Alcelaphus buselaphus Pallas 1766 hartebeest
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Crocuta crocuta Erxleben 1777 spotted hyaena
Hyaena hyaena Linnaeus 1758 striped hyaena
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepus capensis Linnaeus 1758 cape hare
Reptilia
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx triunguis Forksal 1775 African softshell turtle
Aves
 Pelecaniformes - Threskiornithidae
Platalea leucorodia Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian spoonbill
 Anseriformes - Anatidae
Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus 1758 mallard
 Gruiformes - Gruidae
Grus grus Linnaeus 1758 Common crane
Actinopteri
 Siluriformes - Clariidae